Improvement in cigar-holders



.I. LEWIS.

Cigar-Holders.

Patented April 22, 1873.

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T. JOHN LEWIS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 138,032, dated April 22, 1873; application filed December 16, 1872.

sists of a month-piece combined with a retainer, whereby the holder is held firmly in the mouth, yet held in such an easy position as to admit of a person talking or speaking readily while so holding it; and in the holder and retainer combined with a spur, by means of which the cigar is firmly held in place, as the whole is hereinafter fully described and shown.

In the drawing, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved cigar-holder; Fig. 2 a longitudinal section of a part thereof.

A represents the cigar-holder, which is made of metal or other suitable material, and which is provided with a spur or prong, B, projecting outwardly from the bottom of the recess inside, for the purpose of piercing the end of a cigar and securing it in the holder; and for this purpose the spur may be barbed if necessary. A retainer, E,is made of metal or other suitable material, and of the form shown, or such other form as will he convenient to enter the mouth of the smoker and rest easily at the side of the upper jaw, and between it and the cheek, and, at the same time, allow the lips to bear on the flattened part 0 of the holder. The retainer, if made of metal, should be silvered with a heavy plate to prevent the mouth from coming in contact with any poison or disagreeable substance, and it should be light so as not to take up much room. The smoke is drawn into the mouth through the hole D, which is made a little one side of the center of the recess in the holder' in consequence of the central position of the spur B.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1: The cigar-holder A provided with a retainer, E, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the holder A, spur B, and retainer E, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

T. JOHN LEWIS.

Witnesses G. L. UHAPIN, ORVIs STREET. 

